The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

i r, dr - . :7" •lA.g, MARKET AND COMMMILCILL INTELLIGENCE. ---~r-- TWELVE O'CLOCK. The largo increase that has lately taken place in the available balances of discounts has very mate terially changed the aspect of the money market. PFrotha condition of st r i ng ency to that of compara tive ease, has been the work of only a day or two. T he high rates allowed for money placed out for only a week or fortnight's notice of withdrawal has in a very painful degree effacted the discount market, by bringing up from the coun• try large sums for temporary investment. The market being thus flooded with capital, the brokers have been compelled to turn it to account, however fractional the profit. They are, therefore, now negotiating bills of three months' date at 81 per cent,, and shorter dated securities at 81 per cent. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Palmer and Co., of Cullum-street, who failed on the 4th I nst, was held yesterday, when an approximate statement of afiirs was submitted by Mr. Henry Edwards, of the firm of Cash and Edwards, the accountants, showing liabilities amounting to £410,471 lls. 2d., of which were expected to rank upon the estate £78,656 lls. ld., with assets amounting to £62,067 ls. 6d., or nearly 16s. in the pound. After a long discussion it was resolved to wind up the estate under inspection. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an influx of £34,000 in French gold, and the withdrawal of 25,000 sovereigns for transmis sion to the Brazils. There was a s li g ht a d v a n ce yesterday afternoon In the rates of exchange on Amsterdam and Ham burg, but those on Paris were a shade lower. The Anglo-Austrian Bank will be prepared to pay, on and after the Ist October, out of realised net profits, as interest for the first six months of the current year, the sum of 33. 6d. per share free of income tax. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 66f. 05c. The English Stock Market has remained firm sh but quiet at yesterday's prices. The transactions 11 recorded have been few, and have failed to occasion St the slightest flactsition. Console fer money are 88 4 and for the account 881 The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86a t; Exchequer Bills, II Mareb, 12s. to 53. die., and June ditto, 23e. die. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1033 104 k. In the Foreign market the only feature of im- 1 portance has been the fluctuations in the Confede. rate Loan, which opened at 751 761, then dropped st to 71 73, and is now 73 75, or 2 par cent. lower st, than at the close of business on the previous after- 1 noon. The other principal securities are tolerably firm, with very few operations. Mexican are 278 i; do. N ew , 25/ A ; Turkish Consolides, 50; 511 ; Greek, 231 24k ; Spanish Passive, 32 1; do. Certifi cates, 141 d ; Portuguese, 47 ; and Russian, 873 88. In the Railway Share Market there has been s ' very little animation, and prices have tot varied to • any extent. Metropolitan and South Eastern have s each imp roved 10s., while Bristol and Exeter have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have i been very dull, and without change ae regards s i values. Bank a n d Mi sce ll aneous Shares are in one or et two instances a shade flatter. Credit Foncier and st Mobilier of England shares are quoted 21 Y prem. 1,1 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING- PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 3 per Cent. Reduced Now 3 per Cent New 21 p er C en t . J an. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 y rs , exp i re sth AprilBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — lUarch. June Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 5 Do £500 Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. — Do Account.. — INDIILN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lO 9 Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .... Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 Do Certificates Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 41 pei Cent. — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 p er C ent., Jan. 1872 Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 DO Bonds Zl,OOO Do under £l,OOO . • • • FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Brazilian 5 er Cent Do 4i per p Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 .. B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent . —Do Account,...., Chilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 p er C ent C olombian 6 per Cent 79 Cuba, 6 pei Cent. - Do 5 - per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 Do 5 per per Cent Cent 1 1825 - .9 864 , ETuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — zin gYptian 7 Do, ProvisonperalCent Land Warrant ..-. Do, Second Issue ficeek Do 5 per Cent. , 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Account Do Coupons Do Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 721 Mexican 3 per Cent .... Do Account Do 1864.. Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do 2 per Cent..... — Do Deterred Do Land W arrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ... Do 41 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1863 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4/ per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 — 1)o 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch .... Do Scrip, £55 paid Sardinian 6 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account — Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded l4a Do Account - Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Bo S cr i p, £6O pa i d .— pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Lo 6 per Cent. 1858 - — no Acc oun t 69 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account • • --, 1)o £lOO Bonds.. 7Ol 1 Do 1863 Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cent. .. Do Acc ount —_ 1)0 6 per Cent., 1862 D o Account..., .... 58 Do 6 p er C ent., 1864 D ividends on the ab ove paya bl e in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account . Bolgi an 41 per Cent., . Ex. 25f — Dutch 21 per Cent~ Ex. 12 Guil It titan, 5 per Cent., 1861, E x . 25 francs — Do Account 67 1 French Routes, 2 per Cent ........ Peruvian D o ll ar B onds, 4/ per Ct. Ex. 4s. P iedmoutese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f — THREE O'CLOCK Consols Money Do Account..., BBl 1 23 die Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market unchanged. Sales, 0,000 or 6,000 bales, SHARD MARKT. TS—This day. UADINARY SHARES AND STOURS Share I;ailways. l Fail , " Closing I Business I Price. I done. 13.141. sir.. ‘l , oh, and Str. Val , all at tnythe end Tyne. at 110810111nd Exeter at Caledon lan 60 Corn and liEttUtOil a:l 20 .3ornwall all 6 7 1 A gets no div 10 Do A all till 6p c.p an.has 10 Do. B been paid to 8. . , all 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc.l all 31 33 25 Dnn.,Perth,&Ab. Junc.l all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow.; 100 87 80 at Glasg. and S. Western.l 100 106 108 at Great Eastern, Ord. stkl 100 441 451 45 41 at Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at 100 61 71 at GreatNorthof Scotland i 100 at Great Northern... lOO 1.81 1291 129 at Do A stock 1 100 139 140 it Do Bdo 1 100 127 130 et Gt. S. and W. of Trelfmt 100 90 92 at Great Westerr,Original 100 681 631 681 1 at Po Str Val gua. stoox i l 100 at Do. South Wales I -CO - at. Do. West Mid. -Oxicrd 100 47 48 474 at Do Newport: 100 37 39 at Do Hereford, 100 9"/ 101 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1131 1141 1131 at ,London and Blackwall 100 61 65 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, 100 102 103 et Lon., Chat., and Dover; 100 39 41 at Lon. & North Westerns 100 1101 1111 111 101 11 at Lon. & So',th Western 100 92 24 931 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 62 (3 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Dot shares.. .. all at Metropolitan all 105 106 105 at Midland at Do Binning. & Derby 100 98 100 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 26 Mid Kent et North British llOO 52 64 521 at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 . 26 st Nth. Eastern—Berwlok 100 105 106 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 d at Do Leeds lOO 64 65 st Do York et Do Carlisle lOO 128 25 Do. Stook'. & Darling all 251 361 25 Do do 1855-53 l9 9 10 c* 25 Do do 1810.61 st North London 10 Do New . . 5 1 11p 10 Do New, 1854. — —p at North Staffordshire all 75 76 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 11 at Scottish Central at Scot. N. E., Aber. stook 100 at Do Scot. Mid. stook lOO 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all st Shropshire Union at South Devon....— lOO 35 97 at South Eastern at South Wales st S. York. and River Dun:, 100 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok.l all 8 9 81 at Taft Vale.. ..... I 100 160 165 10 Do B 8 10 Do C at Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkeany, 100 at West Cornwall lOO 34 36 at W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R 1 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ar( )0 atlantic tt St Lawrene. lom.,Baroda&.(lent In, Gu. 5 per cent.. ..... . 10 Do. E. 5hare5......... 204 ilutalo and Lam; Dunn 10 Do. Preleronee iuffalo,Brant,&Uodriel p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187 )0 Jo. do. Jitly 1, 187 .00 Paid. all Closing Price. 57 0 991 1( 04 1 dis 4p 41 51 74 84 Business dons 1001 100 'O. do. June 1, Is. t leutta.&S.Eaiitn. ( it apeTovan & Dock Her. 0 Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf Lek ,;:astn. Bengal gn. up. )ok mast Indian. gu. 5 p. c 9i 10) 94 96 92 101 102 101 Do. do. f-; Ext.._ A Do. do. J do. .. , 4rand Trunk of Cana , ' 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge per cent )0 Do. Ist r - rf . 10 Do. do. deferred...... )0 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. A Do. do. deferred...... )0 Do. 3d Piet stock ... )0 Do. do. deferred...—. )0 Do. 4th Pref. stook... )0 Do. do. deferred...... )o1 Ot.lncltaPentn.gua.6p.c 10 Do. New gua. 6 p. )ok it. South.of India(Lina ICI 19] 91 94 71 73 61 a CO BS 55 57 53 56 46 48 29 31 27 29 101 102 icl 99 100 guaranteed 5 per oent Lek Do. 41 per cent. )ck Do. ... 104 it. W. of Canada Share, 104 Do. New . . gt 10k 10 10i 80 91 82 61 i d in 99 100 93 95 88 99 • )0 . Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt 10 Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. 10 Indian Branch Limited . _ )ok liadras guar., sp. o. )ok Do. 41p. o. Extensh» )ok Dc.44 do ...... • • :0 Do. Fifth Extension. )ok Vlelb.Corp. Ap. o. Bnch, 50 \Leib. & Hobson's Bay. )0 Do. 7p. c. slortg. lids. 10 Aewlir u! swiokzs Candi. Class A. and B . N.Rl.e'daB po Ist pi bd~ Acit Soinde -• • • ock Do. Delhi to Do. do • • st Do. Punjaub •• -• c-• Do. Do. •• •• , ock Do. indus.St. Flo.) tfi CO COLONIAL CIOVER. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 3t, 1872.... Do. do. 1883.... 3411.(0v.6p.c.Ja. &Jul. 1877-81 Do. A p. c. Feb. & Au; D 0.5 p. 0.51ar.& Sew Do. E p. o. Jan.&July Do. 5 Inscribed stock 'ape G.Hope, 6 p 0,187. Do.Ap &Oct. 188( Do. 181/ , )o. Jan. & July, 1891. 'eylon, N0v.1878, 6 n slauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 Do. 1878 Do. 1882 fatal Gov. 6 per cant.. i.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J Do. 6p. Om 4. G ov. 5 p 0., 180, Du. 5 p. c.,1841 to li'7l Do. do., 1888 icupwch iew Zealand 6 p cent iffit Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling', 1875. lueensland G cv. 6 p. c. i.Aua G6p.c.1678.& up.. Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..tjul) Do. to 6 p.c. AnALOot. fi 80 83 99 ICO 98 100 id par 98 100 95 97 T SECU 94 96 9f DO 94 90 82 84 82 84 104 108 107 109 108 110 107 10) tC9 112 104 103 108 104 103 t(i4 107 96 99 97 99 96 98 95 96 N . 102 10) 102 (05 107 108 i 109 BRITISH MINES. "ambrian Consol. Gold Chiverton k.:tdlord Amalgamated )e von G. Cone. (Taoist Drakewar 8.. .. s:ast Bassett (Illogau) n:ast Clogau Grold Ltd East Caradon ..... , last Cara Brea East Grenville East Lovell E. WI Russel (Tavistk. flam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen Great Laxey, great South Tolgus.,.. i. Whcal Vor (lielston lrenville.. tierod's-Foot lingston Downs Lady Bertha tlitrgaret (Uny Lelant tarke Valley.. dvndv Iron Ore (Lim Nangiles.. • . New Seton north Downs North Roskear.. N. ‘V Bat:3110,0 iloau \lorth Wheal Crotty Prosper United....... ,1-ov 'deuce ( Uny Lelnt. loath Caradon(SlCleer 4 .W heal loran. (Mogan itray Park tin Croft Nest Basset (Illogan) N Cr radon (Liskeard West Seton Wheel Basset (Mogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Ludcott W heal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal leton . . Wheal Treiawney (Ma Wheal Union 7 30 32 580 590 lf 65 70 26t 276 7 7$ 76 7 8 94 4i 6 7 , 9 15 15 2 2$ 31 35 7 76 $8 4 46 6 8 44 6 6 26 `,B 75 85 11 14 20 22 14 24 34 4 34 31 37 39 ;10 530 424 474 28 30 18 19 8 9 10 11 05 215 92 95 17 19 14 2 14 16 205 215 19 21 1 14 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stuck, 1221 Ditto, 2d ditto, ilo North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., Ditto, B and C 6 per cent., 31k LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland Bradford pf. stock, 93 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 64 FOREIGN RAILWAYS.' Bahia and San Francisco kliin.) qua. 7 per Cent., 151 Recife and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 16} 16 BANKS. Alliance (Um.), 491 CO Ditto, new, 44 31 Anglo-Italian, Um., 51 Australasia, 71/ Bank of British Columbia, 10/ Consolidated Banx, lim., 101 10 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, Rm., 12 Ilindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 30 Imperial Bank of Jhina, India, and Japan, lim. 41 4 Imperial Ottoman, 17 Land Mortgage Bank„of India, lim., 5 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 5/ / 1 / London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 31 4 31 London and County. 72 11 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, 1im.,!12 London Joint Stock,'4s 51 London and 16 estminster, 9 7 5 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 12} 12 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 211 2 National Provincial:of England. Ditto, ditto. 381 New South Wales, 421 Oriental Banx Corporation, 59i 9 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Um., 11/ South cistern, lim., 8 Union of Australia, 52 Union of London, 52} 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 111 Discount Corporation, 17f 6 Ebbw Vale, 41 1 ; Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., 31 1; Financial Corporation, 1 Fore-street Warehouse, 1im.,:6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Ilm., 613 Hudson's Bay, 16 151 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 7f International Financial Society, Rm., 81 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 84 31 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 03/ Land Securities lim., 41 London Financial Association, lim., 221 3 London General Omnibus Company, 2; 3 Milwall Iron Works, 5:4 National Discount Company, lira., 12; 13 National Financial, lim., 1k National Steam Navigation, lim., 71 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 171 Ottoman Financial Association, Rm., 9/ Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 80 Royal Mail Steam, 95 South Australian Land, 29 81 Universal Marine, Insurance, lira, 51 liOi f 100 1011 i 101 l i I all 100 (100 100 2 ) all OMEN 1 2.1.0. 6U 3„4.4) 2.7.0. 2.13.6. 6.13, 00, all 7 8. ''. 0.13 4.18.( 2.8.6 29j 'x.1 , .6 2.8 0 7.1.0. 10.0. 18.1 R ., 30.17. 3.5. E SHE S' NJ LON DOE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,--This Das OLD COURT. (Bcfore Mr. Baron Pigott.) THE CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO MURDER A WIFE IN LEICESTER SQUARE. John Williams, aged 36, surrendered to answer an in dictment charging h:m with assaulting Annie Williams, his wife, with intent to kill and murder her. In several other counts he was charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. _ The prosecutrix said on the evening of the 25th of August last, about half•past 10, she was walking in Leices ter-square, in the direction of the Alhambra. A gentle- man was with her, and while so walking, the prisoner came up and asked her to leave the gentleman and come with him. The gentleman told him to go away, when the ~. soner said she was his wife, and ought not to be walking there. The prisoner then struck her with a knife in the neck. The weapon broke, and he then threw it away. The prosecutrix rushed to tho Sabl , miere Hotel, followed by the prisoner, when she found her throat cue, and a medical man was sent for and the prisoner was taken into custody, Cross-examined by Mr Sleigh—She knew a Mr Cutler, he was a doctor, and she had known him from a child. He had attended her mother. She had been married to the pri soner 14 years. They lived happy together for several years at Barnstaple, but they afterwards came to London about four years ago. She was residing in Nutford-placa. She had an illness at that time. Dr Cutler visited her there several times. She lost sight of him for about IS months. She was then living with her husband in Brewer-street. Cutler had become reduced in circumstances, and the pri soner entertained and kept him with great kindness. Shortl3 after Cutler came into a fortune of £5OO, and took the Cock publiehouse, Market-street, St. Martin's-lane, and put the prisoner and witness into it, he also being in the house, and the result was she cohabited with Cutler. Mr Sleigh—And you and Cutler actually turned the pri soner out of the house. Witness admitted that was true, and, in answer to further questions, she admitted she was in the habit of walking the streets and meeting gentlemen. Her husband had re• peatedly urged her to give up her abandoned mode of life, and come to live with him, and he would forgive her. On the night of the occurrence the prisoner came up and en treated her to come home, and when he did so the gentle man told him to go away, and she also told him she would walk with whom she liked, when he struck her. Police-constable Conquest said he took the prisoner into custody, when he found the prosecutrix had been wounded in the throat. Prisoner then said he was glad he had done it. He found a broken knife on the pavement. Mr John Skegg, surgeon, of St Martin's-lane, said he was sent for on the 25th of August to the Sabloniere Hotel, and found the prosecutrix with a wound on the lett side of her neck. It was an incised wound about half an inch in length, but not a dangerous one. Inspector Wilson, of the C division, said when the pri soner was in the room at Vine-street station he pulled out a locket, and said it contained the portrait of a man who had murdered his wife. The prisoner was excited but sober. At the close of the evidence for the prosecution, Mr Sleigh made an earnest appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, urging the misery the prosecutrix had brought upon him, by her voluntary cohabitation with the man Cutler and the abandoned life she had adopted. Mr Baron Piggott summed up the evidence, and The jury returned a verdict of unlawfully wounding. Baron Piggott, in sentencing the prisoner, said he was not justified is taking the law into his own hands, and although sympathy might be felt for him, he had no right to carry a knife about with him, which could only have been intended for an improper use. He then sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, TAU ALLEGED MURDER IN HATTON GARDEN. Henry Wilkinson, stone mason, was indicted for the wilful murder of EliEl, Wilkinson, his wife, on the night of Sunday, the 28th of August, in Cross-street, Hatton garden. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. It will be recollected, from the evidence which has already appeared at length in The Sun, that a young man, named Chipperfield, and the niece of the prisoner's wife, came to visit them on the evening of the 28th August. In the evening prisoner and his wife went with their friends to the Farringdon station of the Metropolitan Railway. and in bidding them good bye the prisoner kissed his wife's niece, at which Mrs 'Wilkinson seemed annoyed. The prisoner said to Chipperfield—" Don't be jealous : kiss my old woman." Prisoner and his wife returned home, and a quarrel was the result. Prisoner went out and returned home in a state of intoxication, and finding his wife from home he went in search of her. II e found her in the room of one of the lodgers in the same house, and having recom menced the quarrel, the prisoner struck the deceased and kicked her in the abdomen. The unfortunate wife ex claimed—" You have given me my death blow," and shortly afterwards died. The prisoner, when sober, always treated his wife with kindness. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. Baron Pigott told the prisoner that the pernicious habit of drinking had led him into his present positien. He had doubts whether he ought not to pass a severe sentence of penal servitude, but uniter the eireerastanena ha hoped ho wad not doing wrong in dealing with the prisoner much more leniently. He therefore sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. CHARGE OF ATTEMPT BD WIPE MURDER IN CLERIENWELL. John Rowland, gold refiner, was indicted with feleniously attempting to kill and murder his wife. The parties, it will be recollected, resided in Seckforde street, Cletkenwell, and the prisoner, on returning home. found his wife in a state of intoxication, whereupon a quarrel ensued, and he struck her on the head with a hatchet. The wife, in her examination this morning, said she was so intoxicated that she did not khow how the injury was inflicted. She believed she hurt herself by falling against the fender. Mrs Smith, however, proved that she saw the man strike the woman with something having a handle. The prose cutrix, she said, was generally intoxicated four days a week. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wound ing, and Mr Baron Piggott sentenced him to 12 months' im prisonment, with hard labour. OUTRAGE ON LADIES BY THE POLICE AT PIT , LOCIIRY.—The Dundee Advertiser pubtishes a cor respondence that has taken place between Sir John S Richardson, of Pitfour Castle, and Messrs Pattullo and Thornton, respecting an outrage committed on three young ladies at a bazaar recently held at Pitlochry. From a nar rative of the case given in the Advertiser, it appears that the ladies, who are members of respectable families in Dun dee and Perth, paid a visit to the bazaar and made several purchases. While doing so, a cry that there were pick pockets in the place was raised, and those present examined their pockets to see whether they had been picked. Shortly afterwards the three ladies alluded to went out, and, after walking about for some time, returned, when they were apprehended, and taken, notwithstanding their protests, to a small tent adjoining, where their outer garments were searched; but as this resulted in the discovery of nothing that oould lead to conviction, the ladies were taken to the police station in charge of three policemen. Between the bazaar and the station the ladies were treated as if there was no doubt of their being regular pickpockets, and on arriving at the station they were compelled to strip them selves in the presence of a policeman's wife, who searched everything they had on. it was only after this that the policemen became satisfied of their mistake and liberated the ladies, Messrs Patullo and Thornton were employed as agents for one of the young ladies, and in this capacity they addressed a letter to Sir John Richardson—who, it was alleged, had caused the apprehension of the ladies— calling upon him to make due apology and ample reparation to their clients. Sir John emphatically denies, in the cor respondence, having ever interfered in the matter or been in any way responsible for it, and feeling aggrieved at being charged with an offence with which he says he had nothing whatever to do, he has published the correspondence. ROYAL BOSTON YACHT CLUB REGATTA.—The second regatta this season in connexion with the Boston Yacht Club, which enjoys the patronage of the Earl of Yarborough, Lord Burghley, the Hon. W. H. Adams, came off on Monday. The weather was beautifully fine, but the wind was rather too light to make the race exciting in the broadest sense of the term. There were three prizes offered, namely £2, and £l, for which the following yachts competed :—Water witch (7 tons), Mr John Pilley, Boston Fire Fly (7 tons), Mr L. J. Fawcett, Boston ; Vixen (3 tons), Rev. J. Tunnard, Frampton. The course extended over a distance of about 27 miles, from Maud Fos ter Sluice down to the Upper-Scul-Rig Buoy, and back to Freiston. The start took place at 9.12, the Waterwitch taking the lead and maintaining it all round the course. The race finished as under—Waterwitch, 2h. 17. n. 7 8 . ; Fire Fly, 2h. 21m. 455.; Vixen about an hour after. SALMON FISHING.—Owing to the protracted drought which prevailed during the month of August, and the autumn spates which followed, salmon fishing has been unusually good in meet parts of the coun try. The Ness is swarming with fish ; it is nothing un common for 15 salmon and grilse to bo taken by one rod in the course of a few hours. In fact, most of our North rivers have been yielding splendid baskets since the with drawal of the nets, and there is every prospect of their con filming to do so until the close of the season. Anglers on the Spey have every reason to be well satisfied. The sport obtained on the Tay, however, notwithstanding the appre hensions which were entertained during the past month, seems to eclipse the whole.—lnvernes.; Laurier. FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—A scene of rare oc currence took place in the Manchester Cathedral on Sunday morning. Daring the reading of the banns by the Rev. Mr Troutbeck a woman rose from her seat, and, when tv o names were mentioned, she said in a loud tone of voice, " I forbid that." Sho was requested by one of the apparitors to make her objection in the vestry after the service, and she resumed her place. The scene caused some commotion in the crowded church, 1001 991 ITIES. tO9l 8! 9} 590 86k 35 4 2 2 16 WEDNESDAY EVENING POLICE INTELLIGENCE. This da MARYLEBONE. HIGHWAY ROBBERY By A 1 ICKET- OF.LEAVE.—A coarse masculine docking woman named Ellen Buckland was charged with the following, robbery from Ihe person. A young man who said his name was Wm. Phipps, re siding at 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, footman, stated that last night he was waiting for an omnibus in the Bayswater-road when he was accosted by the prisoner who asked him to stand treat, lie gave her Gd, and stood talking with her for a few minutes, and all at once he missed his purse contain; £2 Gs. lie accused her of taking it, when she only laughed. After a little time she gave him back the purse with the silver in it, but the gold was gone. As she refused to give it up she was given into custody. This morning he also missed a bunch of keys, with some money attached to them. Donald Taylor, 345 D, took the prisoner into custody, who denied having taken the purse. Isaac King, 332 D, said he was on reserve duty at the station, when the prisoner gave him three sixpences—two for himself and one to fetch some gin with. This was after she had been seatched and nothing found upon her. lie told his inspector, who found some more silver in her pocket. The gold was not found. The keys were found in the water-closet in the coll. Doble, 117 D, said the) prisoner was now a ticket-of- Leave. Committed for trial. TIIAMES. MERCY, BUT NOT MERCIFUL —A foreigner, who gave the name of Charles Mercy, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with striking a police-constable named Andrews, No. 38 H, with a sling shot, and with kicking another constable, No. 151. 11. Last night the policeman Andrews was passing the Prus sian Flag beorhouse, in ltatchtf Highway, and a disturb ance and general fight was going on there. Andrews attempted to quell the row, and while doing so received a violent blow on the head with a sling-shot. The indenta tion on an old uniform hat was very great, and a round piece nearly the size of a shilling was out out of the hat. Andrews was partially stunned by the fall and disabled. He could not tell who struck the blow, but others gave evidence that the prisoner was the person who struck the blow, and that before Andrews' arrival he took a sling shot from his pocket and struck the waiter at the Prussian Flag twice with it. He was soon arrested, and the sling shot that he had used was found on the ground. On the way to the station. house he caught hold of the rails which surround the enclosure in Wel'close square and kicked him backwards. He was compelled to let go the rails, and was dragged to the station-house. He refused to walk there. Mr Paget sentenced the prisoner to one month's im prisonment and hard labour for the assault on Andrews, and one month's imprisonment and hard labour for the assault on 151 11. The sentences to be consecutive. MARKETS- 7 This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, today, the arrivals of home grown wheat were moderate, and the quality of the pro duce was fine. The trade for all descriptions of English wheat was in a sluggish state, at Monday's decline in the quotations. With foreign wheat the market waa wEll supplied, Sales, both in American and Continental descriptions, progressed slowly, at about Monday's prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. For all de scriptions the trade was dull, at barely stationary prices. The malt trade was dull, and prices had a downward :endeney. With oats the market was moderately supplied. There was a fair demand tor most qualities, at about stationary prices. Beans ruled firm, prices being quite as high as on Monday. Peas were in short supply, and they changed hands at . full currencies. The flour trade was quiet, at about stationary prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley, Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,350 270 510 260 410 Irish .. — 760 Foreign 2,930 1,790 8,810 150 scks. 2,820 brie SEPTE,LAIBER 21, 1864. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day CIO( BETTING-Ims DAY. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 16 to 1 agst Suspicion (taken) 16 to 1 apt Calista colt (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 2:j to 1 apt Tattoo (taken) 40 to 1 agst Scamander (taken) 50 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 50 to 1 agst Weatherbow taken) 50 to 1 agst Accident (taken) 50 to 1 agst Skeilington (taken) 50 to 1 agst Barbadces (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 20 to 1 agst Accident (taken) 25 to I agst Gratitude (t,:licn) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, RICHMOND (YORKSHIRE) RACES.—TUESDAY. Tho Easby Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added, for two and three-yr-olds ; penalties and allowances. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr J. Osborne's Brown Bread, 2 yra, 7st 71b (Whitely) 1 Mr Smith's Lion, 2 yrs, Gst 111 b (Loates) 2 Mr -'s Nu, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b ... (Carroll) 3 Betting-2 to lon Lion, sto 2 aget Brown Bread, 10 to lagst Nu. Won by head ; a bad third. The Richmond Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, and 2 if declared, with 80 added ; winners extra; second to re. ceive 15 soya. One mile and three-quarters. 24 subs. 11 declared. Mr Bowes's Early Purl, 4 yrs, Bst 211) (Loates) 1 Lord Zstland's Revival, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Carroll) 2 Mr Tempt rley's Alice, 4 yrs, Bst (J. Snowden) 3 The following also ran ;—llonest John, Ace of llearts, and Wharfinger. Betting-2 to 1 agat Revival, sto 2 agat Alice, 4to 1 agst Early Purl, 5 to 1 agst Ace of Hearts. Won by half a length ; a bad third. The Licensed Victuallers' Plato of 3 soya each, with 20 added, fur all ages. Grey Stone in, Incision, Bst 41b Nelly Gray, Est 71b Little Dame, Est 71b (Cameron) 3 Serf, General Jackson, and Tabitha Bramble also ran. Betting-6 to 5 agat Incision, 3 to 1 egg Tabitha Bramble, 6 to 1 each agst Serf and Nelly Gray. Won by a length ; half a length between second and third. The winner was bought in for 43 guineas. The Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft ; winners extra ; second to receive 10 sovs. One mile. 16 subs. Lord ZAland's Bandarilla, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Carroll) 1 Kfr John Osborne's Gaily, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ....(Whiteley) 2 Mr Watt's National Guard, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b ....(Loates) 3 Mr Fobert's Wisdom, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Bates) 4 Mr C, Winteringham's Stiff, 3 yrs, Est 31b.. (Cranshaw) 6 Betting-2 to 1 each agst National Guard and Gaily, 5 to 2 agst Bandarilla. Won by half a length. The Sapling Stakes of 10 soya each. with 50 added, for 2-yr olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 3lb, Half a mile and 200 yards. Mr J. Osborne's Wild Agnes, Bst 111 b (J. Osbcrne) 1 Lord Z,tland's St Magnus, Bst 101 b (J. Snowden) 2 Mr Winteringham's Nothing More, gat llb (inc 51b ex) (Challoner) 3 Mr J. Osborne's First-rater, 3st 101 b (Whiteley) 4 Betting-7 to 1 on Wild Agnes, who won by six lengths. 'he Richmond Cup (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages winners extra. Grey Stone in. Mr Jackson's L tdy Louisa, 6 yrs, Bst 12ib (Doyle) 1 Mr Bowes's Theobaida, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Loates) 2 Mr Singleton's Mrs LirripQr, 2 yrs, sst 916 (Craddock) 3 Mr J. Ridley's Redmire, 2 yrs, sst 121 b ....(Challoner) 4 The following also ran : —Miss Armstrong, Risk, Strong Beer, and Rondoletia. Betting-6 to 4on Lady Louisa, sto 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths; the same between the second and liird ; a neck between third and fourth. CANTERBURY RACE S-TUESPIY. The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 6 sovs each, with 30 added; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners extra, with allow ances. Three -quarters of a mile. 9 subs. Mr C. P. Hudson's Tilt, Bst 71b (Clarke) 1 Mr Egerton's Corporal Trim, Bst 101 b.. (J. Nightiagall) 2 Lord St. Vincent's St. Leger, flst 71b (Elphick, jun.) 3 Maud also ran. Even on Tilt, 3 to 1 agst any other. The flag fell to a good start, and the lot ran together for about 200 yards, when Tilt went to the front, closely waited upon by Maud and Corporal Trim, St. Leger seve ral lengths in the roar. As they approached the dip the three I,•aders were abreast of each other, and ran thus to the distance, where Tilt came out, and won easily by three lengths— a length separated second and third—Maud close up. The Barham Down Stakes of 3 soya each, with 30 added weight for age, with selling allowances. 5 furlongs. Mr 11. Marsh's Princess Dagmar, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (£3O) (I'Anson, jun.) 1 Mr Saltmarsh's Lady Wilson filly, 2 yrs, Est 41b (£3O) (smith) 2 Mr Fleming's Eleanor, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (£30).... (Keats) 3 The following also ran :—Fairyland, Rosa Lee, Blanche of Lancaster, Sherborne, and Michel Grove. After some delay at the post the flag fell to a fair start, Sherborne jumping off with the lead, followed by Blanche of Lancaster, Princess Dagmar, and the Tadmor filly, the others close up. The order was maintained until they topped the hill, where Princess Dagmar took the lead and Sherborne fell into the rear. From the distance a good race ensued between the three placed, resulting in the vic tory of Princess Dagmar by a length and a half; three quarters of a length separated the second and third ; Rosa Lee was fourth, Blanche of Lancaster fifth, and Sherborne last. The winner was bought by Mr H. Wright for 70 guineas. The East Kent Handicap Plate of 70 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 Boys each ; the second to save his stake; winners extra. Ono mile 7 furlongs. Capt. Wrotham's Fletton, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Zanker) 1 Mr C. P. Hudson's Warwick, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b .. (Clarke) 2 Mr Breary's Telescombe, 3 yrs, Bat 121 b . . (Hibberd) 3 Professor and Bombay also ran. Setting-2 to 1 each agst Warwick and Bombay, 3to 1 egst Fletton, 6 to 1 agst Telscombe. The lot (with the exception of Professor, who bolted) got well away, and when they had settled into their places Telscombe took a commanding lead, followed by Bombay and Fletton. After going about a mile Warwick took up the running, attended by Telscombe and Fletton, and from the distance the three came on together ; but Fletton out paced the others and won easily by six lengths; Telscombe a bad third. A Handicap Plate of £4O, winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr Egerton's Roseneath, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (car. 7st 61b) (James Nightingall) 1 Mr E. W. Jones's Atlas, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ........(Keats) 2 Mr Marsh's Confederalist, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Hib bard) 3 Lady Warwick, Diploma, and Bombay. Betting-6 to 4 agst Atlas-4 to 1 each agst Roseneath and Diploma-5 to 1 agst Confederalist. After two or three attempts the lot got off abreast and ran so to the top of the hill, where Atlas for a few strides showed in front, followed by Confederalist and Bombay ; ap • proaching the distance Confederalist took the lead, and held it halfway up the straight, where Jemmy Nightingall, who had been riding with consummate skill and patience, brought Roseneath up with a rush, and won cleverly by a neck ; length separated second and third; Diploma was a good fourth, with Lady Warwick close up; Bombay was last. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 sovs added, Half-a-mile, Mr H. Marsh's Princess Dagmar, 2 yrs 7st 71b (James Nightingall) 1 Mr York's Blanche cf Lancaster, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Hibbard) 2 Michel Grove, Eleanor, and Professor also ran. Betting-7 to 4 each agst Blanche of Lancaster and Prin cess Dagmar, and 7 to 1 bar two. Won by a neck ; a length separated second and th!rd. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. There was a fair attendance at the rooms to-day, but very little business was transacted. For the Cesarewitch Stakes, 100 to 6 was taken about Suspicion to win upwards of £l,OOO, and 20 to 1 was offered on the field bar one. For the Cambridgeshire Stakes 25 to 1 was offered on the field, and 200jto 7 was booked twice about Brick, the only other bet being 600 to 10 agat Muezzin- Closing.prices CESAREWITCH. 100 to 7 agst Suspicion (taken) 20 to I bar one (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 50 to lon the field (offered) 200 to 7 agst Brick (taken) 50 to 1 agst Muezzin (taken) THE FORTHCOMING PRIZE FIGHT.—The. fight between Mace, a member of the English prize-ring, and Coburn, a representative of the American pugilistic corps, for £5OO a-side, is now on the eve of being adjusted, The last deposit of £5O a-side was yesterday subscribed by the backers of the men, and will to-day be handed over to the final stakeholder. The fight is to come off next Tuesday week, October 4, and the articles of agreement between the men state that it is to take place in Ireland. The met, who have been in training under the surveillance of profes sionals, have recently shifted their quarters, to prevent po• lice interference prior to the day of fighting. Mace is to hand over £lOO to Coburn towards his expenses in coming to this country to tight. In betting, Coburn is the favourite. The inhabitants of Cavaillon, a town in the Van cluse, celebrated for its melons, having formed the project of founding a public library, wrote to M. Alexandre Dumas to ask him to aid them by a present of a few of his works. The popular novelist wrote back to say that he had given instructions for 200 or 300 volumes of his works which have already appeared as a reprint to be sent to them, but that if they liked his books, he also was fond of their melons, and that in exchange he desired to have constituted to him regularly by municipal decree a life rent of one dozen melons a year, the expense of carriage to re main at his charge. BOROUGII HOP. The supply of hops on sale is moderate. For good and fine samples there is a steady demand at very full prices ; otherwise the trade is quiet. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and trade rules firm, as follows : Beef, from 28 10d to 48 4d; mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 8d veal, 33 Sd to ; and pork, 33 Cdto Is 61 per Sibs h, the carcase. Thor's Cave. This magnificent cave has its opening in the face of a mestono cliff, at the height of about 250 feet above the Level of the river Manifold, and there is no more picturesque vitw in the Midland counties than that which is presented to the traveller on the Wetton and Butterton road, when looking across a ravine he sees the towering and almost perpendicular cliff perforated by the gigantic portal of the cave, some 30 feet high, with the alder -fringed Manifold winding at the foot along ono of the sweetest dells in Staf fordshire, the landscape terminated by Grindon-hill and the graceful spire of Griadon church. The cave itself repays the trouble of a rather toilsome ascent. Its lofty roof, formed of rude cathedral-like pointed and groined arches, opening out into several passages or aisles, is majestic in the extreme. It is therefore not to be wondered at that several attempts should have been made to ascertain the arehmological trea sures that might reasonably be supposed to be contained on the floor of the cav e , b u t a ll researc h es until the present time have proved fruitless. Impressed by the favourable position of the cavern, its main entrance facing almost due north, Mr. Edwin Brown, of Burton-upon-Trent, bad long been under the impression that there was a great probability of discover ing in the mud of the cave both bones and teeth of some of those extinct animals which inhabited this country during 1 the glacial epoch, the northerly currents of which period conveyed the mud into the cave ; or, failing geological dis coveries, that there mi g h t b e foun d traces of the ancient tribes of the human ra ce h av i ng i n habited the precincts of the cave, which trac es h a d escape d the partial attempts of previous explorers t o d etect. T o the end that an effi cient search should b e made, a small g rant of mone y was lately obtained from the Midland Scientific Association ; the permission of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire was asked and freely granted, and the invaluable services of Mr S. Carrington, of Wetton, as superintendent of the works, w ere enlisted. Operati ons were co mmenced systematically a few days ago, Men we re em ployed carefully to remove the floor of the cave layer by layer, and, after submitting it to the practised eye o f Mr Carrington, to throw it through a cleft of the rock down the western declivity of the hill. Many hours had not elapsed before articles of Celtic manufacture presented themselves. The cave had evidently been occupied at various times and for long periods by the wild tribes of our island, who, levelling spaces in the floor in some out-of-the-way nook of the cavern, made their fires and oarried on all the opera tions of ordinary life. Layers of charcoal, burnt to the state of soot, were found more than a foot in thickness, together with numerous fragments of pottery of the Celtic and Ro mano-Celtic periods, and bones of a nimals that had been used as food. In one place, near the stone known as the " Druids' altar," and about 5 feet from the surface, an ancient inter ment was discovered. The skeleton was placed in the con tracted form common to the most ancient burials, but being unprotected by any met, the bones were m uc h crushed. It was accompanied by a bone instrument, mau apparently from the brow an tler of the red deer, p er f orate d i n two different direction s, and with a h o l e also at the base. Probablyto the it had cloak been of used the with deceased, but as no s i m il ar ar ticle has ever been discovered in th e many barrows skin that have been opened by Mr. Car rington, or by the late Mr. Bateman an d others, in Staffordshire or Derbyshire, the use is at present problematical . .. It is a singular fragments of gritstone querns, an cir cumstance that several other similar articles were found in fibula .of the harp pattern, both of different parts of the cave. The. collection of antiquities so far brought to light —comprises bones carved in seve ralab r r mo peculiarbronze, several and awaibnrse:Dze very peculiar construc tion—more or less highly ornamented —and of which the articles cf uses cannot at present be even guessed ; whetstones of two kinds—one of them perforated to suspend t o th e d ress ; a stone curiously shaped and pierced, p oss ibl y use d t o attach to a fishing-not; iron knives of ancient pattern ; also a spear head, an arrow head, and an adze of unusual shape, all of iron; a large Y-shaped piece of iron, nee un known, and ocher articles too numerous or too obscure to be catalogued. The discovery cannot fail to be of great interest to all who h ave studied the history of our barba rous British tribes. It is, however, singular, that so far no discovery has been made of flint instruments, nor of bc , nei, of extinct animals, but the researches which are being con tinued may yet bring both to light, as the operations now in progress promise the discoveryinto the heart of the hill. ,ern .••0,.................... _................ D EATOF F THE A POLICEFCI I PROM THE ALLEGED VIOLENCE quest was held on Mon _ day afternoon at Sou thall Count y House of Correction, Notts, on the body of CO old man named Skidmore, who OF . ER n Ain had died whilst undergoing a term of three mon th s ' impri sonment for night poaching i n the parish of Blidworth on the let inst. It was suggested that hi s d ea th m i g ht h a v e been caused by the seve re beating that he had received when captured, but the inquiry was adjourned. A FEMALE REPORTEE.—A. good-looking young lady, dressed in black, appeared among the press gang at the Chicago Convention as correspondent for a Philadelphia paper. She wrote nimbly away until she had filled two or three large pages, and after the adjournment hurried oil to the telegraph office to send special despatches.-1 M York raper. The Railway Bridge at Blackfriars ---4. Foot passengers passing over the temporary bridge a . Etackfliars may now eee the ruins of the old stone sttuc, ture on the one side, and trains of engines and carria,ges on the newly constructed railway bridge on the other—one felling of the days of the last century, when Fitt guided the destinies of the country, the other indicating the wonderful resources of engineering science of the prasent day. When the stone hriage now in course ot demolition was completed politieil feeling ran high, and the names of Chatt am-plaeo, Earl-street, and William-street, Blaekfriars, still attest the regard which was felt for the great Minister. The bridge itself was intended to have been called " Pitt Bridge." The engineers and contractors who have spanned the Thames at this spot will not, we fear, have any honour done to their genius and enterprise such as that which the great States man received, and there will be no Cubitt-street Poto place to hand down to posterity the names of those who, in a marvellously short period, have built the new Blackfriars bridge. Engineering science can point to no greater feat than that performed in the completion of this bridge across the Thames in little more than twelve months. The first stone of the abutment on the Surrey side WAS laid on the 21 of May in last year ; the bridge, so far as its con struction is concerned, was completed on the 21of June this year, ballasting, laying the rails, painting, and fixing the decorations only remaining to be done, and even these might have been accomplished had there been any necessity for finishing them before the viaduct was complete to Ludgate hill. The bridge is 930 ft in length, including abutments, and the river is crossed by 5 spans of iron, each 160 ft long ; two of these spans laid side by side from the width of the structure. The mode of building was by cons+ ructing what is called an American truss—that is, a powerful lattice-work of timber, floored at the bottom, and strong enough to bear a load of three tons per lineal foot. This was built with its ends resting just below the heads of the iron piers to support the permanent iron girders. Upon this staging of timber the iron bridge was put together. Tho main girders were first proceeded with, then the broad iron plates of the bottom were placed on beams of timber sufficiently thick to admit of the lower plates of the girders being a short distance above the top, or heads, of the supporting columns. The portions of ironwork were " keyed" to each other, and stout iron angle irons at the side rivettcd cn to prevent any lateral movement. When this part of the work was complete, a floor of iron was obtained on which to proceed with the building up of the cross-barred pieces, or lattice-work, of the completed spans, and which serve to resist compres sion, and also to provide for the great tensile strain to which the bridge must be subjected. So soon as all these diagonal cross bars of iron were placed in position, and an immense iron lattice side, 16 feet in height was formed, their ends were rivetted and secured by broad flange pieces—and when thus secured the structure was complete. It stood, it is true, upon the timber staging, or truss—but when this was removed, it was and is now perfectly self-sus. taining. So soon as the last of the hundreds of thou sands of rivets were driven the timber was knocked from under —it had done its work, and the bridge stood, sup ported only by its iron columns and abutments. The spans of iron, though to the eye they appear perfectly horlzontal, still are not so. They are "cambered," as it is termed, to the extent of five inches—that is, they arched to that small extent only—five inches in 160 feet. When, however, the timber staging was removed, and the 600 tons of ironwork in the span was left unsupported, the centre sunk to the extent cf two inches, caused by the minute compression of the plates in the upper flinge3, but when once the structure had been thus compressed it became all the mere rigid from the reduction of the curvature of the arch. The strain which the bridge is calculated to stand is very greatly in excess of that which can by possibility be brought upon it by the ordinary working of the traffic. With the view of giving additional strength there is a centre girder between the two two outer latticed ones, which assists to carry the cross beams. This central girder is 41 feet in width, while those at the sides are only three feet wide. The " struts" are placed at intervals of four feet apart. They are bands of iron about half an inch in thickness, and vary in width from five to ten inches as the strain upon them increases Each of them has to bear a compressive weight of three or four tons, and the lattice work between them is for the purpose of preventing their " buckling" up under the pressure. Tho girders which cross the bridge transversely are placed at distances of four feet to correspond with the portion of the ties and strute, and upon these again are laid longitudinal girders. By these transverse and longitudinal girders the whole floor is therefore divided into a series of square compartments el wrought iron of great depth and strength. Above this framework of cells there is laid on a wrought iron floor, covered with asphalt°, and over this again the sleepers and ballast for the roadway. At the top of the bridge are seen a number of bent or curved arches of iron stretching from one side to the other. These are placed in this position for the purpose c f preventing lateral vibra tion, and are secured to the upper flanges of the lattice gir ders. Between each pair of spans there is an open space to allow for the contraction and expansion of the span move ment, further facilitated by the iron roller frames upon which they rest. The spaces are filled up with panels of iron work, which will not prevent the slight movement caused by the extremes of the temperature of summer and winter. The supports for the bridge are the masonry abut ments on the Surrey and Middlesex sides, and four piers, each consisting of three clusters of four iron columns, which rest upon masonry rising from the bed of the river. They have a noble appearance at high and low wet er, and their massive iron capitals give a suitable finish to the work. The abutments, too, are peculiarly bold and imposing in their character. The iron terminals are in keeping with the other parts of the structure. They consist of an ornamental iron scroll, bearing upon it the words " London, Chatham, and Dover Railway," and the motto " Invicta," surmounted by the royal cypher and the date " 1861." The scroll includes the shield of the City of London and the arms of the coun ties through which the railway passes. The terminals above the columns are ornamented with iron bosses. The founda tions of the piers, as we have explained on previous occa sions, were formed by sinking iron caissons an average of 28 feet below the bed of river. This work has been carried out with so much care that no subsidence has taken place in any of the piers since they were completed. The bridge has been built from the designs furnished by Mr Cubitt, the engineer of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway ; the contrac tors for the building were Messrs. Peto and Co. The first engine, with a long train of carriages attached, passed on Tuesday, half way across the new bridge towards the northern side. The train was accompanied by Mr Thomas, the resident manager, and Mr G. Sharp, inspector of works. The levels were taken before the starting of the train, and it was found that only the slightest deflection had taken place. Another mcnith will elapse before the whole of the permanent way of the bridge will be ready for exa mination by the Government Inspector, and the passenger station, to be called the " Ludgate Station," now building in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, will be ready for the public accommodation. The principal object of testing the southern half of the bridge has been to enable the managers of the line to shunt the trains from the Blackfriars Station.— Bailway News. METROPOLITAN ORNITHOLOGY.—It is more espe cially in the early morning in spring and summer that the wanderer through the streets may best form an idea of the extent to which the practice of keeping singing-birds and poultry prevails in particular districts of London. There, amid the closely-built and pent-up houses, in warm sunny weather, may be heard the warbling of thousands of larks, blackbirds, thrushes, and others; whilst from back yards, from areas, and even from cellars, come the crowing of cocks, and other noises proper to the farmyard. In the very densest and poorest quarters of, London, in the most dingy streets, there may be seen poultry, including ducks and geese, the two last of which, in the hot summer days, look truly miserable objects. In parts of Islington, however, and elsewhere, better accommodation, in the shape of yards of considerable extent, is provided for these bipeds. Many of the enclosures are hidden from the general view by blocks of houses, but they frequently boast of tall and spreading trees, remnants of bygone days, when the surrounding space was still open country. They are likewise often pro vided with duck ponds, supplied by the natural springs which yet exist in parts of Islington and Pentonvillo Ducks, geese, and other poultry are here reared in consi derable numbers, and with tolerable success; but they are rather noisy neighbours, particularly at break of day. In one of the streets of Mayfair— not in itself an important street, yet containing a few good houses—the writer has had opportunities of observing a flock of poultry, eight hens and a cock, which every day wander about, exactly as they might do in a farm-yard. Ono evening, passing through the street, he saw a single ben suddenly vanish, as it were, into the bosom of the earth, and on com ing up to the spot, he found it was the last of the flock which had at that moment dropped through an aperture in a grating which covered a small area in front of the house. Here, a common hen-ladder descending in the area ex plained how this little herd of poultry was kept ; namely, in a cellar under the carriagc - way, whence, of course, the cock is heard sounding his De Profiendis at all the proper morning hours.—Chambers's Journal. The eoloneley of the 18th Hussars has become vacant by the death of Lieutenant-General Byam, but neither as regards that regim nt or the Buffs, which, as we mentioned last week, is also vacant, has any step been taken to select a new colonel. With the exception of Sir A. Clarke Kennedy, no line cavalry colonel has died sines March, 1861, and the vacancy caused by his death was given to Lieut.. Gen. J. Bloomfield Gough, whose claims were indisputable on the score of long and distinguished service in the field. Of the existing cavalry generals, none of the seniors have seen active service in the field. At the head of the list is Sir Charles O'Donnell, who has sewed abroad ; but the next batch—Lieutenant• Generals Lord Itosslyn, Hall, and Hankey—we believe have been en gaged only on home service. Lord do Itos may be sup posed to have been rewarded for his military service by the Deputy Lieutenancy of the Tower, which he has held for some time, and until we go some way down among the major-generals we do not light upon any striking claims on the ground of good service. In the absence of any among the seniors, it may be fairly conjectured that Sir Charles 0 Donnell, who has often ushibited a most soldierly anxiety to serve on the field, is likely to have the 18th Hussars.—Artny and .Navy Ciazate. SECOND El)tTl4t bUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. ITALY. TURIN, Sept. 21.—Yesterday Evening a number of young men, of whom several were workmen, paraded the streets, shouting "Dawn with the Ministry." The bystanders witnessed this demon stration with indifference, and the assemblage Eub scquently dispersed of its own accord. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, RICHMOND RACES--THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WRIGHT STAKES, The Oppressor Olmar .. St Magnus . Seven ran. BURTCN HANDICAP. Early Purl Honest John Bandarilla Five ran. BELSAY NURSERY HANDICAP. Lozenge 2 Sister to Lady Augusta 3 Rondoletia Nine ran. CANTERBURY RACES—Tms DAY. HANDICAP. Rosa Lee Baliverne Mother Bunch Twelve ran. WELTER CUP. Warwick Zeleo Roseneath .. Five ran. FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, RICHMOND RACES-Illis DAY. VOLUNTEER PLATE, Nellie. Grey .. Scandal filly Busy BJe .. 3 Six ran. ZETLA.ND PLATE. Lion Chicquot the Jester Wisdom fine ran. CANTERBURY RACES—This DAY. HANDICAP PLATE M. Baliverne 1 Rosa Lee Budworth 1 Four ran. SELLING STAKES. Princesa Dagmsr 1 Frolic _ Michel Grove Four ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. East Lancashire Telegraph 3 Confusion ... ...... Five ran. AhRIVALS AT HENDON. Rosa, Donkey, Triumpher, Mistletoe, Neilgherty, Seiret, Corinthian Tom, Boloro, Chemisette, Vision, Princess, Annington, Fred of the Hills, Wild Duck, Lost Sheep, Langford, Fanny Seaton, Dominic Sampson, Bice, my LT Ccorebus, Polly Hopk;n, and several others for made up races. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate brecza and fine weather, but a little oloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Chris. Line, for Montreal. SWANSEA, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—John Hol man, for Coquimbo. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Gipsy, from Quebec—Cicerone, from London for Nassau. Sailed —Mina Clarke, for Quebec. CARDIFF, Sept. 20.—Wind S.—Sailed—George Henry, for Buenos Ayres. FALMOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tamiaa, from liavannah. (151 . MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRATESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 20.—Christian Sophia, from Lokken. Arrive, Sept. 21 —Lauriell, from Riga—Bethesda, from Malmo—Elizabeth Wright and Glen Droon, both from Riga—Jannette, from DAntzic—Mary Gillespie, Charles Stewart, Annie, Louisa, and Lizzie Lee—all from Cronstadt —Maria, from Oporto—Ann Warren, from Pomaron— Charlotte Ellen, from Leghorn—Active, from Nykjobing— Rio Grande and Wilton, from Jamaica—Venus and Whabys—both from St. Petersburg—Earnest, from Stettin. Sailed, Sept. 21.—Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk— Hanover, steamer, for (Calais—Rhine, steamer, for Bou logne—Leipsio, steamer, for Antwerp. DIAL, 'Wednesday Morning. Anchored—The Morning Star, from London, for Trini dad. MELANCHOLY AFFAIR AT HOLLINGWOOD.—On Sunday evening, a child, about three years of age, named James William Taylor, son of Joseph Taylor, Cotton street, Copsterhill, Hollinwood, near Oldham, was acci tally shot by his cousin, Joshua Cartwright, son of James Cartwright, of the same place. It appears that James Cartwright bought a gun a short time ago, and he has been in the habit of amusing his little nephew by allowing him to fire off percussion caps. A man, named Butter gorth, came to borrow Cartwright's gun on Sunday fore noon, for the purpose, as he said, of shooting at a flock of starlings. He returned the gun shortly afterwards, still loaded, saying the birds had disappeared, and taking off the cap hung the weapon on the ceiling, not omitting to tell Cartwright that it was charged. About half-past 4in the afternoon the child Taylor came in and, casting his eyes towards the gun, said " Let me shoot ;" whereupon Cart wright took down the gun, forgetting that it was loaded, and put on a cap. He then took the little fellow between his knees, but the child would not draw the trigger. Joshua Cartwright, a boy of 13, then took the gun and pulled tho trigger. The contents of the gun lodged in the left breast of the child Taylor, who after sobbing twice died. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LADY.—On Friday the North Riding coroner held an inquest at Kirby Moorside, upon the body of Mrs John Waines, the wife of Mr Waines, solicitor, of that place, who met her death as follows :—A few days ago Mr Waines, surgeon, with his wife, and Mr and Mrs John Waines, were the occupants of a cog-cart, in which the horse ran away in a eteep street in Kirby. Mr \V. Waines finding he could not hold the animal, pulled it short into a side street, but in crossing an iron drainage grate the horse lost foot hold and fell, and both horse and dog cart rolled over down the hill several times. Mr W. Waines and his wife both received dislocations, but Mrs J. Waines, the deceased, was greatly injured about the head, and was rendered speechless, death ensuing on Thursday. Tho sad event was purely accidental, and a verdict was re turned accordingly.—Eastern Morning; 11'e s, THE INTERIOR OF A JAVANESE ,CRATER. —Se parated by a shelving ridge, we found on the oppo site side another crater, called the Kawa Ratu, which is seen to better advantage by descending into the interior. Ihe way, which at first glance seems easy enough, wo fou , nd before going many steps to be quite the reverse : Ihe descent is almost perpendicular; and, there being no regular path, you aro obliged to pick your way amongst loose stones and hard acts of clay, which in some places were very slippery. When we had descended' about half way, we came to an escarpment, from which we looked down on the active portion of the volcano, wheneo issued sounds like the moaning of the wind on a stormy night. These sounds the superstitions natives believe to be the groaning et certain giants chained under ground by a wicked gnome. venturing to descend still lower, we had a more distinct view of the chimneys or apertures in the Kawa Ratu, some of which only present the appearance of extinct craters in miniature, while from others the smoke forces itself in dense volumes, preceded by hoarse noises, as though the vents were too small for the great rush of vapour proceeding from them. The sounds we heard were very distinct and loud, in consequence of our proximity. The orifices are encrusted with thick deposi:s of a red and yellow substance, the ground on e.ll sides being of a yellowish brown hue, in consequence of the quantity of sulphur with which the air is impregnated. A few of the holes were filled with water, blue as the sky above us, and apparently boiling hot. We lingered to gaze on this won. roue scene as long as we could stay, but the smoke, which, sometimes rose in clouds before our faces, obliging us to clog) our eyes, compelled us at last to retreat, glad of having had the opportunity of seeing thus much. This crater. if not more, is at least 400 ft long, an d I should say about 300 wide.—Life lit lava, by TV. B. d'Alineida. ; 100 100 100 100 100